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Upcoming HTC Dragon Android phone to have SnapDragon Chipset?

With the upcoming release of HTC’s first SnapDragon device, the HD2 / Leo, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that futur Android phones are also going to sport…

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With the upcoming release of HTC’s first SnapDragon device, the HD2 / Leo, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that futur Android phones are also going to sport Qualcomm’s latest SnapDragon SOC. According to Android ROM Cooker Reignzone:

So, what I’ve got here is a little build we’re referring to as the “Pet Dragon”. It’s highly experimental at the moment…and from what I have noticed after reviewing the build.prop files from this “system dump” of the device I spoke of earlier today…HTC Dragon. (dubbed “Zoom 2?) —> the screen resolution is 800×480…which as you can tell is quite an impressive resolution. Judging from the release keys, it’s also a capacitive touch screen device. Now, having said all this…it IS NOT the HTC Leo, HTC Desire, or Passion. Because this device is in fact operating on the “2.0? firmware along with the HTC Sense user interface applied for style. So, it’s like an “Eclair Hero”. Lol.

As you can see in one of the screenshots ther’s a link to www.htc.com/dragon . Looks like Dragon may be the official name of the device?

Source: XDA-Devs via DroidDog

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